The Tenerife Crash was an event between two airplanes of the same model, Boeing 747 from two different companies: KLM and Pan-Am. Both planes had the same destination; the Gran Canarias Airport, but, a bomb explosion and a threat of a second bomb in the airport obliged the airport authorities to shut down the airport and divert all the air traffic to a smaller airport in Tenerife North, called Los Rodeos Airport. The accident consisted in a crash between the two airplanes in the air. Both airplanes received the same instruction from Control Tower causing the crash between the two aircraft . In this case, the first responsibility is from the controllers that had a communication problem with the use of the terminology. The controllers must have to demonstrate that they followed the current procedure, if the authorities (Europol or European Aviation Safety Agency) detect a violation in the procedure, the controllers must receive a criminal prosecution .
The 592 ValuJet accident was an airplane accident on May 11th, 1996 by a DC-09 airplane. The crash of the airplane in the Everglades swamps started a fire in the airplane cabin and the smoke generation poison the crew and the passengers. After the fire and the smoke generation, the airplane fell into the Everglades swamps with no survivors. The fire generation was a consequence of the activation of oxygen chemical generators inside the luggage cabin. In this case, considering the air regulations in 1996, there was no criminal cause for the airline or the luggage managers that allowed the introduction of those devices in the cabin. The passenger that introduced the devices in the airplane had a direct responsibility in the event, but due to the deathly results of the trip; it was no possibility to prosecute the passenger .
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